{"entity":{"id":"medtronic","kind":"company","name":"Medtronic","aka":[],"tldr":"Medtronic is the largest medical device company; in cancer care it sells the Hugo surgical robot, Emprint microwave and Cool-tip radiofrequency ablation systems, the O-arm intraoperative imaging and StealthStation navigation, and the GI Genius artificial-intelligence polyp detector.","summary":"Medtronic, founded in Minneapolis in 1949 and domiciled in Dublin since its 2015 merger with Covidien, sells across surgery, cardiology, neuroscience and diabetes. Its oncology-relevant hardware is the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system, which is CE marked and had received US FDA clearance by February 2026, when Medtronic reported its first US cases, with a further submission for general surgery and gynaecological indications filed by June, the Emprint microwave and Cool-tip radiofrequency ablation systems used for liver, kidney and lung tumours, surgical staplers and energy devices used in most cancer operations, the O-arm cone-beam imaging and StealthStation navigation used in spinal tumour surgery, and GI Genius, the first artificial-intelligence colonoscopy aid cleared in the United States. OnCo links it to surgical robots, thermal ablation, intraoperative imaging and AI polyp detection.","asOf":"2026-10-29","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medtronic","links":[{"label":"Official website","url":"https://www.medtronic.com"},{"label":"Medtronic fiscal Q3 2026 results, Hugo FDA clearance (SEC exhibit)","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1613103/000162828026008300/exhibit991-fy26q3earningsr.htm"},{"label":"Medtronic fiscal Q4 2026 results (SEC exhibit)","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1613103/000162828026040034/exhibit991-fy26q4earningsr.htm"}],"tags":["machines-wave"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":["surgery","devices"],"technologies":["surgical-robot-platforms","microwave-rf-ablation","thermal-ablation","intraoperative-mri-ct","ai-endoscopy-detection","robotic-surgery"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Checked 29 October 2026. Medtronic's fiscal third-quarter 2026 results (SEC exhibit, 17 February 2026) report 'U.S. FDA clearance for Hugo robotic-assisted surgery; first cases completed this month'; that release does not name the cleared indication. The fiscal fourth-quarter release (3 June 2026) reports a filed FDA submission for Hugo in general surgery and gynaecologic indications. Neither release reports an oncology acquisition or exit."],"hq":"Dublin","country":"IE","companyType":"devices","website":"https://www.medtronic.com","ticker":"MDT","founded":1949,"stage":"public","investors":[],"funding":[]},"route":"/companies/medtronic/","neighbours":{"section":[{"id":"devices","kind":"section","name":"Devices & Physical Therapies","route":"/fronts/devices/"},{"id":"surgery","kind":"section","name":"Surgery & Interventional","route":"/fronts/surgery/"}],"technology":[{"id":"ai-endoscopy-detection","kind":"technology","name":"AI polyp detection in colonoscopy","route":"/technologies/ai-endoscopy-detection/"},{"id":"capsule-endoscopy-systems","kind":"technology","name":"Capsule endoscopy (PillCam, EndoCapsule, CapsoCam)","route":"/technologies/capsule-endoscopy-systems/"},{"id":"intraoperative-fluorescence-imaging-systems","kind":"technology","name":"Intraoperative fluorescence and Cerenkov imaging systems (SPY, Firefly, LumiSystem, LightPath)","route":"/technologies/intraoperative-fluorescence-imaging-systems/"},{"id":"intraoperative-mri-ct","kind":"technology","name":"Intraoperative MRI and CT","route":"/technologies/intraoperative-mri-ct/"},{"id":"litt-systems","kind":"technology","name":"Laser interstitial thermal therapy systems (NeuroBlate, Visualase)","route":"/technologies/litt-systems/"},{"id":"microwave-rf-ablation","kind":"technology","name":"Microwave and radiofrequency ablation systems","route":"/technologies/microwave-rf-ablation/"},{"id":"robotic-surgery","kind":"technology","name":"Robotic & minimally invasive surgery","route":"/technologies/robotic-surgery/"},{"id":"surgical-robot-platforms","kind":"technology","name":"Surgical robots: da Vinci, Hugo, Versius and single-port systems","route":"/technologies/surgical-robot-platforms/"},{"id":"thermal-ablation","kind":"technology","name":"Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo)","route":"/technologies/thermal-ablation/"}]}}